Southeast baseball beats UTM at tournament

The Southeast Missouri State baseball team staved off elimination, at least for a while, at the Ohio Valley Conference tournament Friday.

Second-seeded Southeast beat sixth-seeded Tennessee-Martin 12-7 in the losers bracket of the six-team, double-elimination event in Jackson, Tenn.

Southeast faced another elimination game Friday, against fourth-seeded Tennessee Tech in a contest that was scheduled to start at 3 p.m.

The Redhawks (33-21) broke a six-game OVC tournament losing streak by beating UT-Martin (20-36).

Casey Jones led Southeast with two home runs, including a grand slam. He drove in six runs. Brett Russell also homered. Jon Dicus pitched all nine innings, allowing 10 hits and four earned runs.

Check back later to find out how Southeast did against Tennessee Tech.